1. Image: Claire (morgueFile)

2. Researchers
have found
that
constantly
checking for
messages is
an addiction,
which like
other drugs
can ruin your
personal
relationships.Image: Pushkill (Flickr)

3. Image: Top5Phone (Flickr)

4. Rather than turn
off the phones
when occupied,
people keep them
on at all times.
They are never
free. In effect, cell
phones now
burden, not free
people.
Image: Sakina (morgueFile)

5. For some it can become a
compulsion and others feel
feelings of withdrawal when
they are not with their phone.

6. It is also
extremely
annoying to those
around them.
Image: Lau Ardelean (Flickr)

7. Image: Cohdra (morgueFile)

8. Image: Molly (Flickr)

9. Image: Geralt (Pixabay)

10. Image: Marianne Masculino (Flickr)

11. Image via wpclipart.com

12. Image: Roeyahram (Flickr)

13. Image: Michele Ficara (Flickr)

14. Image: Taliesin (morgueFile)

15. "Relationships are becoming increasingly
technology-driven, which decreases the
chances that individuals have to connect
with one another on a personal level.
Image: Kristen Houghton (Flickr)

16. Image: Debra (Flickr)

17. Image: middlewick (morgueFile)

18. Image: Kara Monroe (Flickr)

19. Image: Springymobiles (Blog)

20. Image: Shebaduhkitty (morgueFile)

21. Image: Fashionation (Flickr)

22. Image: Brett Sayer (Flickr)